Category: Looking at the Weekend

It will be an easy win for Logan at the box office. The X-Men franchise has done well with opening weekends and the other new releases don’t look like the kinds of movies that become big enough hits to take it down. Our Highest Rated Films: Logan Our Best Awards Ratings: None with significant results.…

Horror hasn’t had much of an easy time at the box office recently and has been largely absent. That changes this weekend with the first new horror film in some time and one that has critics raving. Get Out is in a solid position to best the week’s two other releases, but never underestimate families…

This may end up being a very unusual weekend. There’s little doubt The Lego Batman Movie will have a solid holdover and might hold onto the top spot at the box office, but Fist Fight could be stiff competition. This is the right time of year for comedies like it, which may give it a…

Two vastly different demographics form the basis of this weekend’s race for the top of the box office. On the adult-only side of things, Fifty Shades Darker hopes to replicate its predecessor’s success when it opened two years ago to $85 million and topped out at $166 million. On the other end of the spectrum…

The horror rebirth of the Ring franchise should be able to top the box office, but The Space Between Us could draw enough teens to the theater to give it a run for its money. Our Highest Rated Films: Growing Up Smith Our Best Awards Ratings: None OTHER LIMITED RELEASES I Am Not Your Negro…

It could be another week at the top of the charts for Split as this weekend’s new releases don’t seem like they’ll have a lot of teeth. Fighting it out for the top of the new releases will be A Dog’s Purpose and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter with Gold opening low in the top…

We’ll have a new film to crown #1 at the weekend box office with xXx: Return of Xander Cage beating Split out for the mantle. Our Highest Rated Films: The Red Turtle, Staying Vertical Our Best Awards Ratings: The Red Turtle (Oscars), The Founder (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES 20th Century Women (See our Looking at…

The horror genre hasn’t had a major player at the box office in some time and with Star Wars fading fast, The Bye Bye Man could top the box office. Watch out, though, for Hidden Figures, which proved quite a draw coming in second for the weekend and building buzz; and La La Land, which…

Each outing of the Underworld series has opened to over $20 million, ranging from just barely over for the 2009 outing to $26 million for the second in 2006. The last film to release at the box office was 5 years ago to the tune of $25 million. Five years is a long time, but…

Of the new limited releases, Hidden Figures has the best chance of becoming a hit outside of the specialty box office, thus it gets my prediction for top new release. Our Highest Rated Films: Hidden Figures, Toni Erdmann Our Best Awards Ratings: Toni Erdmann (Oscars); Hidden Figures (Oscars); 20th Century Women (Oscars) OTHER LIMITED RELEASES…

It’s going to be a fascinating weekend. With Rogue One likely to take the top spot for a second week, second place is up for grabs and I think the favorite would have to be Sing, which is the first major animated film in weeks and the Christmas holiday is a perfect release window. Passengers…

The film that will be the top box office draw this week and likely every weekend through the end of the year and into next year, Rogue One is guaranteed the top spot. The only question is how well Collateral Beauty can do against a film of superior box office clout. Our Highest Rated Films:…

Another weekend with only one major new release. Office Christmas Party will be that top release and, depending on how its popularity shakes out, it could top Moana in its third weekend, but it might be close. A separate note: this is the first time in my memory (not entirely reliable) that a film has…

There’s nothing much on the new movie front this week, with an under-advertised horror flick taking on the post-Thanksgiving weekend slate that is sure to be dominated by holdovers. (NOTE: Tripp had an unexpected delay, so we’ve added his ratings and commentary below) Our Highest Rated Films: Jackie Our Best Awards Ratings: Jackie (Oscars) OTHER…

If it weren’t for Disney’s Moana, there might be an interesting competition here between Allied, Bad Santa 2, and Rules Don’t Apply. Ultimately, though, they’ll all be crushed by Moana. I’d say that Bad Santa 2, being so far removed from its predecessor and Rules Don’t Apply not looking like a typical blockbuster, only Allied…